Mark, who lives in the city and socialises in the west end, was inspired after overhearing a conversation between two smokers.

He said: “I was standing outside a cafe near the Kelvin Hall and I heard someone say to a friend, ‘You can’t fully comprehend an oil spillage until you’ve witnessed it on a high-definition television set’.

“The person said it so earnestly that I had to laugh.

“I realised there were certain things you heard in Glasgow’s west end which were perhaps unique to the area or to a certain type of person.

“I have to stress, I am not having a go at the west end. I love it and socialise there a lot. It’s just a bit of fun.

“The web page has just grown and grown. We have gone well past 20,000 likes.

“The great quails’ eggs controversy of 2013 – when a woman shopper was outraged to learn Waitrose in Byres Road were out of the items – is a favourite.”

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